The new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango compatible apps are just pouring in today. This time we’ve got the Sat Rad Player version 3. This is an app that lets you log in with your Sirius or XM Satellite radio subscription account and stream audio from any of the channels available to you. The freshly updated Mango version brings some excellent new features including the ability to listen over Bluetooth as well as the ability to …
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Flixster Updated for Windows Phone Mango
Today Flixster saw an update that brings some very cool Windows Phone 7.5 Mango features to the app. If you’re familiar with Flixster already, you’ll know that it offers access to showtimes, movie trailers and Rotten Tomatoes reviews. With the recent upgrade to version 1.6, it now supports fast app switching in Mango and Bing search integration. That means if you’re searching for a movie using Bing, you can swipe over to the “apps” tab …
Continue readingBeards & Beaks Add-on Content
Beards & Beaks is one of the first original games to come out of Microsoft’s Game Studios for Windows Phone 7 and it’s also the first to offer in-game purchasing of add-on content. The free trial of the game gives you a small handful of easy levels to play and if you like that, the full game costs $2.99 for a much larger set of levels to play (in addition to Xbox LIVE connectivity and …
Continue readingMango Multi-Task Toggler in the Works
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango features new multi-tasking and fast-app switching that will help you quickly switch between recent applications as well as allow certain things to keep running in the background. While there is a spot in the settings for you to selectively choose which apps can run in the background, these new features could still affect your battery life. XDA-Developers user “GoodDayToDie” has decided to make a home-brew Mango app that toggles the multitasking …
Continue readingMicrosoft’s Response to the Privacy Lawsuit
Last week a lot of news sites picked up a story from Reuters about a Michican woman who is sueing Microsoft for collecting location data without the user’s permission. A number of our readers found that odd since Windows Phone always asks for permission whenever there is anything remotely related to privacy concerns. The litigation claims that the camera software transmits GPS cooridnants to Microsoft when active and without the user’s permission, so I decided …
Continue readingNavigon for Windows Phone 7 Supports Offline Maps
If you’re a smartphone user that likes to travel a lot, then a decent GPS navigation program that supports offline maps for decreased data usage and increased battery life is probably important to you. Sure, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango comes with a sort of okay GPS navigation program, but Navigon plans to release something much more feature-rich and useable. A new version of Navigon for Windows Phone will support offline maps, as well as offer …
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